Investors interested in making bets on the future of solar energy have a multitude of options in today's market. There are solar array component makers, system installers, utilities that are producing solar energy, and a host of other companies that will benefit directly or indirectly from the move to solar power. Vivint Solar (VSLR) fits somewhere between the system installers and utility providers, with a business built around installing residential solar energy systems and signing long-term energy supply contracts with the homeowner. The homeowner does not own the solar energy system installed on